U.S. forces had full picture of Chiba airfields in last days of war

A detailed map of Kashiwa airfield including information of fighters dated June 30, 1945, which was recently obtained by Ryoju Sakurai, a professor at Reitaku University, from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (Provided by Ryoju Sakurai)

KASHIWA, Chiba Prefecture--U.S. forces gained the entire picture of the Imperial Japanese Army’s airfields and munition plants in and around this city during the final stages of World War II, according to new research. [Read More]